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Hank Zona
Citizen
Username: Hankzona
Post Number: 862
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 25, 2003 - 12:02 pm: | 
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Anyone see any good ones on their travels around various stores? Tins good for packaging cookies and other baked goods. Thanks in advance.
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lamojo
Citizen
Username: Lamojo
Post Number: 57
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 25, 2003 - 12:59 pm: |
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In case you can't find the tins, you can try using bakery-style white cardboard boxes - I found them at AC Moore (craft store) the past two years and they're very inexpensive. I get various sizes & line them with wax paper, tie with a holiday bow. |
Jason & John
Citizen
Username: Johnh91011
Post Number: 101
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 25, 2003 - 1:38 pm: |
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We found a good selection of tins last year at the Jersey Gardens Shopping Mall. I believe they were available at the Burlington Coat Factory store and a few others |
hismom
Citizen
Username: Hismom
Post Number: 80
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 25, 2003 - 1:53 pm: |
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Of all places, I found some really nice ones at Walmart (I generally avoid it but I was desparate). They had a few sizes. |
spw784
Citizen
Username: Spw784
Post Number: 405
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 25, 2003 - 2:10 pm: |
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Haven't seen them yet, but maybe Amazing Savings on Route 10 has some? |
Lydia
Citizen
Username: Lydial
Post Number: 190
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 25, 2003 - 3:17 pm: |
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www.independentcan.com
fast shipments, good assortments of styles and sizes, wholesale so you'll probably have to buy 100 minimum. This way you can save the extra tins and they'll come packed in neat shipping boxes instead of plastic bags flopping all over the place. |
blackcat
Citizen
Username: Blackcat
Post Number: 133
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 25, 2003 - 4:59 pm: |
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Drug Fair sometimes has stuff like that also. Or try Party City. |
Joan
Citizen
Username: Joancrystal
Post Number: 2219
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 25, 2003 - 6:53 pm: |
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I've seen them in Michaels and Rag Shop. |
greeneyes
Citizen
Username: Greeneyes
Post Number: 432
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 26, 2003 - 6:10 am: |
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There's a dollar store on Morris Avenue in Union that, for the past two years anyway, has a great selection of holiday tins, wraps, and accessories. Take Liberty Ave and make a left, it's about a block or two from Shop Rite, next to Blockbuster. |
papayagirl
Citizen
Username: Papayagirl
Post Number: 130
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 26, 2003 - 9:55 am: |
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Last year we made cookies for everyone, and we bought plain silver gallon-size paint cans for everyone from Home Depot. We designed custom labels for the outsides using our color printer and rubber cement, and i bought some cellophane bags to line the insides at Odd Job in the city. Everyone *loved* the way it came out.
Even if you skip the label, you can tie a fat red ribbon around the outside or stick a big bow on top. |
JGTierney
Citizen
Username: Jtg7448
Post Number: 85
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 26, 2003 - 10:18 am: |
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Papayagirl -
I LOVE that idea! I'm going to have to 'steal' it...
In the past I have bought a roll of window screen - yep the stuff that keeps the bugs out.
You can cut it into sqaures, and it is completely pliable. I put in some cellophane - bundle up the screen and tie it with a bow. They look like little silver Santa sacks. |
spw784
Citizen
Username: Spw784
Post Number: 409
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 26, 2003 - 5:02 pm: |
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I've got about 30+ white, quart size, chinese food take out boxes (brand new , of course) that I have left over from my wedding. I've also used them in the past for Cookies at Xmas time. Anyone else interested in them? |
MEC
Citizen
Username: Mec
Post Number: 29
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 26, 2003 - 7:51 pm: |
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Walmart had some nice tins ones in 2 many sizes for 1$ or 2$ each. |
Hank Zona
Citizen
Username: Hankzona
Post Number: 865
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Friday, November 28, 2003 - 1:06 pm: |
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Thanks for the tips..I got nice tins at Target and Walmart (Walmart was a pretty amusing place this morning). I tried the independentcan website, saw some excellent choices, but their minimum order was 400 cans and well, thats about 385-390 too many. Thanks for the alternative ideas as well. |
blackcat
Citizen
Username: Blackcat
Post Number: 135
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, November 29, 2003 - 9:04 am: |
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Drug Fair has alot od stuff like that this year....good luck unless I get to it first.... |
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